| In Modern Warfare 2 it seems that people have | | | | map much quicker), 'Lightweight' (which makes |
| taken the game further than ever before in that | | | | you character much lighter, making him move a |
| they have come up with new tactics and new | | | | lot faster) and 'Comando' (which increases the |
| strategies for killing their opponents and winning | | | | range of your melee attacks) and you have a |
| games (this has been vastly helped by the | | | | devastating combination. |
| developers, who have added things such as the | | | | This is actually quite a popular setup in Modern |
| Riot Shield and the 'Lightweight' class into the | | | | Warfare 2, yet I have yet to see an effective |
| game). | | | | strategy for countering these players online yet. |
| By far the most annoying and the most difficult | | | | Most people try to cover their tracks using |
| to deal with of all of these 'new' strategies is the | | | | claymores, but these people move so fast that |
| tactical knifer. In Modern Warfare 2 it is possible | | | | the explosion usually misses them. |
| to equip a tactical knife with your secondary | | | | My strategy for dealing with these people is |
| weapon (as long as it is a handgun, such as the | | | | simple, but you'll first need to get yourself a |
| USP or the Magnum). This means that your melee | | | | decent headset that gives you surround sound. |
| knife attack is far more effective due to the | | | | Because most of these players don't use the |
| speed that you can perform it at and because of | | | | 'Ninja' perk you can often hear them coming. As |
| how quickly you can repeatedly do it. Combine | | | | soon as you hear them, whip out your shotgun |
| this with perks such as 'Marathon' (which gives | | | | and take them down in one easy shot. |
| you infinite sprint, enabling you to get around the | | | | |